From Danika, from one of her food blogs, the drink of the summer: Gordons Cup Adapted from Bon Appétit, April 2008 We used Tanqueray gin for this drink  its our usual brand  but Plymouth would also be very nice. We served it in wide-mouth champagne glasses, but you could also use a rocks […]

I’ve been on a blog diet, but L just went down for a surprisingly early nap, so here’s some random roundup, a surprising amount from kottke.org (which was not making the blog diet cut): 21 tips for better photos: good recap. Answers to The Question: what’s under your kilt? Crazy new sandwiches in NYC (NYT […]

Try 1: 34 wpm. Never really thought about my bash-the-keyboard speed before (since methodically learning QWERTY on a Sinclair Spectrum at age 14 or so). Guess I’ve learned to rely on auto-spell correction and have a *really* bad habit of missing the space bar. http://play.typeracer.com/

Seattle In April, originally uploaded by machaggis. Considering it had been over 70 the previous Saturday, this was quite the confirmation of “four seasons in one day”. Or at least, in Seattle you can’t trust the weather.

Trail, originally uploaded by machaggis. The Battle of Sheriffmuir 1715 is one of the many random sites in Scotland that lay claim to a battle of some sort. Now the moor is a field, edged with a trail to Dunblane and site of a rather fine pub – the Sheriffuir Inn – whose food has […]